ghsa-85g2-5cqr-rm5c
Vulnerability from github
Published
2022-05-13 01:44
Modified
2022-05-13 01:44
Severity ?
5.5 (Medium) - CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H
Details

The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.

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  "affected": [],
  "aliases": [
    "CVE-2017-18208"
  ],
  "database_specific": {
    "cwe_ids": [
      "CWE-835"
    ],
    "github_reviewed": false,
    "github_reviewed_at": null,
    "nvd_published_at": "2018-03-01T05:29:00Z",
    "severity": "MODERATE"
  },
  "details": "The madvise_willneed function in mm/madvise.c in the Linux kernel before 4.14.4 allows local users to cause a denial of service (infinite loop) by triggering use of MADVISE_WILLNEED for a DAX mapping.",
  "id": "GHSA-85g2-5cqr-rm5c",
  "modified": "2022-05-13T01:44:36Z",
  "published": "2022-05-13T01:44:36Z",
  "references": [
    {
      "type": "ADVISORY",
      "url": "https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2017-18208"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://github.com/torvalds/linux/commit/6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:2948"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3083"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3096"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:3967"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4057"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2019:4058"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3619-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3653-2"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3655-1"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
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      "url": "https://usn.ubuntu.com/3657-1"
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    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "https://www.kernel.org/pub/linux/kernel/v4.x/ChangeLog-4.14.4"
    },
    {
      "type": "WEB",
      "url": "http://git.kernel.org/cgit/linux/kernel/git/torvalds/linux.git/commit/?id=6ea8d958a2c95a1d514015d4e29ba21a8c0a1a91"
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  "schema_version": "1.4.0",
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    {
      "score": "CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:N/A:H",
      "type": "CVSS_V3"
    }
  ]
}


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